WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE
OF HEAVENLINESS
+ Compassion is the
keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.
-- Thomas Merton
+ ... it was as if
I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their
hearts..., the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God's
eyes. If only they could all see themselves as they really are. If only we
could see each other that way all the time. There would be no more war, no more
hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed. . . . I suppose the big problem would
be that we would fall down and worship each other.
-- Thomas
Merton in Conjectures of a Guilty
Bystander
This was the OneSpirit Daily Inspiration on
December 25, 2015
+ In that quote from Conjectures
of a Guilty Bystander, Merton put into words as best as he could (and
that’s pretty good) his insights from a very famous mystical encounter on the
streets of Louisville which changed his life.
Here’s more about this >
These great spiritual teachers, Pema Chödrön, a Buddhist
& Thomas Merton, a Christian, teach us that it is always important to see
our spirituality in the context of “our kinship with all beings.” “If only (we) could see (ourselves) as (we)
really are.” We are not meant to be
separate from each other. We are not
meant to build walls keeping segments of humanity apart and estranged from
other segments of humanity. We are in
this together.
The planet needs us to come together since we now have so
much power to influence the planet’s future.
We can make it better. We can
make it worse. We can even create catastrophic
conditions. Unfortunately, the latter
seems to be happening with increasing regularity. Let’s stop this dangerous trend.
I believe we will stop this dangerous trend because there
is an abundance of Love & Compassion among us
and it is growing. More and more of us
are realizing that we have the power to expand Love & Compassion. We are making all things new. We are creating heaven on earth because we
really are heavenly. We really can “see each other that way all the time” and
we really are ready, willing and eager to “make it so.”
Some people think I am seeing things through rose-colored
glasses. What do you think?
+ Spirituality & Practice
emphasizes the practices of Love & Compassion:
+ I would love it if you offered a guest post on this
practice or any practice. And, I have
work to do on my Heavenlinesspage. Maybe you can help. Send an email with the subject “Heavenliness”
or “Guest Post” to John@abundancetrek.com.
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